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The Red Fort in the northern Indian city of Agra is a fortress and palace complex in the era of the Mogul emperors, and served in the 16th and 17 Century, with interruptions as the residence of the Moguls. It is situated on the banks of the Yamuna and is about 2.5 kilometers away from the Taj Mahal. As this was also the Red Fort in 1983 in the UNESCO as World Heritage. A portion of the site is now used in military and is not in the public domain.
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Agra Fort India - Desktop Nexus ArchitectureDownload free wallpapers and background images: Agra Fort India. Desktop Nexus Architecture background ID 33093. The Red Fort in the northern Indian city of Agra is a fortress and palace complex in the era of the Mogul emperors, and served in the 16th and 17 Century, with interruptions as the residence of the Moguls. It is situated on the banks of the Yamuna and is about 2.5 kilometers away from the Taj Mahal. As this was also the Red Fort in 1983 in the UNESCO as World Heritage. A portion of the site is now used in military and is not in the public domain.
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Posted by Tej (Guest) on 04/13/09 at 09:28 AM
agra Fort india This was originally a brick fort and the Sikarwar Rajputs held it. It was mentioned for the first time in 1080 AD when a Ghaznavide force captured it. Sikandar Lodi (1487-1517) was the first Sultan of Delhi who shifted to Agra and lived in the fort. He governed the country from here and Agra assumed the importance of the 2nd capital. He died in the fort in 1517 and his son, Ibrahim Lodi, held it for nine years until he was defeated and killed at Panipat in 1526. Several palaces, wells and a mosque were built by him in the fort during his period.
After Panipat, Mughals captured the fort and a vast treasure - which included a diamond that was later named as the Koh-i-Nor diamond - was seized. Babur stayed in the fort in the palace of Ibrahim. He built a baoli (step well) in it. Humayun was crowned here in 1530. Humayun was defeated in Bilgram in 1530. Sher Shah held the fort for five years. The Mughals defeated the Afghans finally at Panipat in 1556.
Realizing the importance of its central situation, Akbar decided to make it his capital and arrived in Agra in 1558. His historian, Abdul Fazal, recorded that this was a brick fort known as 'Badalgarh' . It was in a ruined condition and Akbar had it rebuilt with red sandstone. Architects laid the foundation and it was built with bricks in the inner core with sandstone on external surfaces. Some 1,444,000 builders worked on it for eight years, completing it in 1573.
It was only during the reign of Akbar's grandson, Shah Jahan, that the site finally took on its current state. The legend is that Shah Jahan built the beautiful Taj Mahal for his wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Unlike his grandfather, Shah Jahan tended to have buildings made from white marble, often inlaid with gold or semi-precious gems. He destroyed some of the earlier buildings inside the fort in order to make his own.
At the end of his life, Shah Jahan was imprisoned by his son, Aurangzeb, in the fort, a punishment which might not seem so harsh, considering the luxury of the fort. It is rumored that Shah Jahan died in Muasamman Burj, a tower with a marble balcony with an excellent view of the Taj Mahal.
This was also a site of one of the battles during the Indian rebellion of 1857, which caused the end of the British East India Company's rule in India, and led to a century of direct rule of India by Britain.
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